Friday, May 1, 2015

There are other meets this weekend involving Washington’s pro and college athletes this weekend in addition to the Washington/Washington State dual. Here’s the rundown:

OREGON STATE HIGH PERFORMANCE

Eastern Washington along with Seattle University are in Corvallis for Friday’s OSU High Performance Meet at the Whyte Track & Field Center on the campus of Oregon State University.

In its short life, the Oregon State University High Performance meet has turned out to be a big event for the area’s colleges and universities as they try to get late marks to qualify for their conference championships.

A number of area pros are entered in Saturday’s Payton Jordan Invitational at Cobb Track & Angell Field on the campus of Stanford University.

Several members of the Brooks Beasts will run at Stanford including Mark Wieczorek (800), Riley Masters (5000), Brie Felnagle (adidas) & Phoebe Wright (Nike) in the 1500; Angela Bizzarri & Amanda Mergaert (5000).

UW redshirt freshman Fred Huxham is entered in the 5000, while UW alums Megan Goethals and Lindsay Flanagan are in the 10000, along with Eastern Washington alum Mattie Suver. Bellingham native Jake Riley is also entered in the 10000. Washington State's Drew Jordan will skip the UW/WSU dual to run the 5000 at Stanford.

We are honored to receive this award, as it comes from our peers who passionately cover the sport, and strive to continue the legacy of excellence that the late Adam Jacobs sought before his untimely passing.

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Internationally respected track and field writer Paul Merca brings his take on the sport to paulmerca.blogspot.com.
Paul was the assistant director of communications for the 1984 USA Women's Olympic Marathon Trials in Olympia, WA., and public relations director for the 1999 USA Cross Country Championships in Tacoma, WA.
The current public address announcer for the University of Washington's home track and field meets, Merca's been a media assistant to the USA national team (2001-11, 13, 15, 17) at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships.
His vast knowledge of the sport has been utilized by many of the country's sports television networks, and is a senior writer to Northwest Runner magazine. He's covered 13 IAAF World Track & Field Championships, and two Olympics.
Merca graduated from Seattle's Franklin High School in 1977, and received his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Washington in 1981 in Communications.
He competed in track and cross country at Franklin, and ran cross country at the University of Washington.